diff --git a/pkgs/cli/project.json b/pkgs/cli/project.json
index 17d221ca5..94ee20932 100644
--- a/pkgs/cli/project.json
+++ b/pkgs/cli/project.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "test": {
       "executor": "nx:noop",
       "inputs": ["default", "^production"],
-      "dependsOn": ["test:vitest", "e2e:install"],
+      "dependsOn": ["test:vitest"],
       "options": {
         "parallel": false
       }
diff --git a/scripts/snapshot-release.sh b/scripts/snapshot-release.sh
index b82f0a6b9..8972888bc 100755
--- a/scripts/snapshot-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/snapshot-release.sh
@@ -286,7 +286,21 @@ if [[ -f pkgs/edge-worker/jsr.json ]]; then
   JSR_PUBLISHED_VERSION=$(jq -r '.version' pkgs/edge-worker/jsr.json)
   echo ""
   echo -e "${BOLD}Publishing to JSR...${NC}"
-  if ( cd pkgs/edge-worker && pnpm jsr publish --allow-slow-types --allow-dirty ) ; then
+
+  # Check for JSR authentication (similar to how npm uses ~/.npmrc)
+  # JSR/Deno caches credentials in ~/.deno/credentials.json after `deno login`
+  if [[ -z "${JSR_TOKEN:-}" ]] && [[ ! -f "$HOME/.deno/credentials.json" ]]; then
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ No JSR credentials found${NC}"
+    echo ""
+    echo -e "To authenticate with JSR (one-time setup, like 'npm login'):"
+    echo -e "  ${BLUE}deno login${NC}"
+    echo ""
+    echo -e "Or for CI/CD, set the JSR_TOKEN environment variable."
+    echo ""
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}Skipping JSR publish.${NC}"
+    JSR_SUCCESS=true  # Don't fail the whole release
+    JSR_PUBLISHED_VERSION=""
+  elif ( cd pkgs/edge-worker && pnpm jsr publish --allow-slow-types --allow-dirty ) ; then
     echo -e "${GREEN}✓ JSR package published${NC}"
   else
     echo -e "${RED}✗ JSR publish failed${NC}"